[ALAC-Announce] Preliminary Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information

[At-Large Staff]

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Preliminary Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact
Information
Comment/Reply Periods (*)Important Information Links
Comment Open:08 January 2013
Comment Close:08 February 2013
Close Time (UTC):23:59 UTCPublic Comment Announcement
<https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-08jan13-en.htm>
Reply Open:09 February 2013To Submit Your Comments (Forum)
<mailto:comments-transliteration-contact-08jan12 at icann.org>
Reply Close:1 March 2013View Comments Submitted
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-transliteration-contact-08jan12/>
Close Time (UTC):23:59 UTCReport of Public Comments
Brief Overview
Originating Organization:Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
Categories/Tags:Policy Processes
Purpose (Brief):As a required step in the GNSO Policy Development Process
(PDP), ICANN Staff is seeking input on the Preliminary Issue Report on
Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-prelim-07jan1
3-en.pdf>  [PDF, 649 KB].
Current Status:Following the request for an Issue Report by the GNSO Council
on 17 October 2012, ICANN Staff has now published the Preliminary Issue
Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information for public
comment.
Next Steps:The Preliminary Issue Report will be updated to reflect community
feedback submitted through this forum. A Final Issue Report will then be
presented to the GNSO Council for its consideration.
Staff Contact:Julie HedlundEmail:Policy-staff at icann.org
<mailto:policy-staff at icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20%20Pr
eliminary%20Issue%20Report%20on%20Translation%20and%20Transliteration%20of%2
0Contact%20Information%20public%20comment%20period>
Detailed Information
Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose
ICANN staff is seeking comments on the Preliminary Issue Report on
Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-prelim-07jan1
3-en.pdf>  [PDF, 649 KB]. This Report addresses the following issues:
1. Whether it is desirable to translate contact information to a single
common language or transliterate contact information to a single common
script.
2. Who should decide who should bear the burden translating contact
information to a single common language or transliterating contact
information to a single common script.
3. Whether to start a PDP to address these questions.
This Public Comment solicitation represents an opportunity for the ICANN
community to provide its views on the issues outlined above and on whether a
PDP should be initiated. This Preliminary Issue Report will be updated to
reflect community feedback submitted through this forum. A Final Issue
Report will then be presented to the GNSO Council for its consideration.
Section II: Background
This preliminary Issue Report addresses three issues associated with the
translation and transliteration of contact information at the request of the
GNSO Council as approved in its motion on 17 October 2012. These issues are
focused on Domain Name Registration Data and Directory Services, such as the
WHOIS, in generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). In the context of these issues,
"contact information"is a subset of Domain Name Registration Data. It is the
information that enables someone using a Domain Name Registration Data
Directory Service (such as WHOIS) to contact the domain name registration
holder. It includes the name, organization, and postal address of the
registered name holder, technical contact, as well as administrative
contact. Domain Name Registration Data is accessible to the public via a
Directory Service (also known as the WHOIS service). The Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (RAA 3.3.1) specifies the data elements that must be
provided by registrars (via Port 43 and via web-based services) in response
to a query, but it does not require that data elements, such as contact
information, must be translated or transliterated.
Section III: Document and Resource Links
* Preliminary Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact
Information 
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-prelim-07jan1
3-en.pdf>  [PDF, 649 KB]
* GNSO Council Motion 17 October 2012
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+October+
2012> 
* Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf>
[PDF, 642 KB]
Section IV: Additional Information
Not applicable
 
(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed
to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or
decision-making that takes place once this period lapses.



Glen de Saint Géry 
GNSO Secretariat 
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org